Yesterday, you were made to reflect on the content of your heart, and you might have realised that at some point, something else has taken the throne of your heart. There was no moment where you consciously decided God would no longer be first, but other things seemed important. 

Well, if there’s one thing we know about God, it’s that He does not point out our shortcomings to shame us but rather to show us a way out of them. 

So, the question for you, dear believer, is how do you give Him His rightful place back?

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬ ‭
New King James Version‬‬
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

Jesus is standing at the door and knocking. The door He is knocking on is not the heart of an unbeliever; He is speaking to a church. Which means it is entirely possible to be a believer, an active one, and still have Jesus on the outside of areas of your life, waiting to be let in. 

Enthroning Him as Lord is a continuous, deliberate act of surrender.

So what does that actually look like?
It shows in how you manage your time.
Time is one of the most honest indicators of what sits on the throne of your heart. As much as what you say matters, what you actually give your hours to matters highly. 

Matthew 6:33 
New King James Version‬‬
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Seek first. Not seek when it is convenient, not seek after everything else is settled. When God is truly enthroned in your heart, He gets the first and the best of your time, not the remainder. Look at your week honestly. Where is He in the order of things?

It shows in how you carry His burdens.
When Jesus is Lord over your heart, what matters to Him begins to matter to you. His burdens become yours. The people He loves, the things He is building, the purposes He is working out in the earth. 

Philippians 2:4-5 
New King James Version‬‬
4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus

The mind of Christ is a mind turned outward, toward others, toward God’s purposes. That orientation is a sign of who has God on the throne.

This also shows in your altars. An altar is a place of consistent encounter with God. In the Old Testament, wherever men met with God, they built altars: markers of devotion, places they returned to. Your altar today is your prayer life and your time in the Word. 

You may have let those altars go cold. You got busy and inconsistent; what was once a daily encounter became occasional at best. But you see the importance of these altars in Psalm 119:11 
New King James Version‬‬
11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.

The word in your heart is what guards your heart. These are how you maintain the posture of surrender, how you keep saying daily that He is Lord here.

Start with what you can sustain. Ten minutes in the Word, a few honest minutes in prayer. Don’t do it for performance’s sake or as a routine. Go back to the place of encounter and stay there.

Your daily choices show who is lord over your heart. Let it be God. In your time, in your burdens, in your altar. Let everything you do this week point to God as the King over your heart.

Prayer Point
Lord, I declare today that you are King over my heart. I rebuild my intimacy with you in prayer and in the Word.